Engineering Manager

Everbridge; Auckland; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Everbridge in Auckland seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a hands-on engineering team while taking on people leadership responsibilities. You will help deliver high-quality software and grow team capability, with a focus on an agentic AI platform for our SaaS solution.

The role values experience across AWS Bedrock, React, Node.js, Java, and Python, with openness to other technologies. You will balance leadership with technical contribution and ensure reliable delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience including leading technical direction and delivering production systems.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and conducting performance conversations with engineers (people management preferred).
• Strong technical credibility with ability to contribute code, review designs, and guide implementation details.
• Experience balancing people leadership, technical decisions, and delivery in a modern software environment.
• Interest in solving complex problems that keep people safe.
• Collaborative leadership style focused on building team capability, ownership and accountability.
• Experience with large code-base products or enterprise-grade software; appreciation for quality and maintainability.
• Experience with cloud platforms; AWS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and day-to-day guidance while fostering a strong engineering culture.
• Contribute to design, development, and delivery of high-quality applications and APIs; remaining hands-on with architecture and coding where needed.
• Drive technical discussions and provide leadership on architecture, scalability, quality, and engineering best practices.
• Support delivery execution by removing blockers, coordinating with cross-functional partners, and ensuring the team can deliver reliably and sustainably.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

People management

Architecture guidance

Hands-on coding

Delivery management

Collaborative leadership

Enterprise-grade software

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent work experience

Tools

AWS Bedrock

React

Node.js

Java

Python

Job description

Everbridge is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to join our Auckland engineering team. This role is ideal for a technical leader who wants to stay close to the code while also taking on people leadership responsibilities, helping a team deliver high-quality software and grow in capability. You will be part of a team dedicated to developing our agentic AI platform used by our SaaS solution.

Our technology stack is diverse, and we value engineers who are adaptable and eager to embrace new challenges with a technology-agnostic approach. While the project you will be working on utilizes AWS Bedrock, React, Node.js, Java and Python, we encourage applications from candidates experienced in other technologies.

What you'll do:

• Lead and support a team of engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and day-to-day guidance while fostering a strong engineering culture.
• Contribute directly to the design, development, and delivery of high-quality applications and APIs, remaining hands-on with architecture and coding where needed.
• Drive technical discussions and provide leadership on architecture, scalability, quality, and engineering best practices.
• Support delivery execution by removing blockers, coordinating with cross-functional partners, and ensuring the team can deliver reliably and sustainably.

What you'll bring:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, including experience leading technical direction and delivering production systems.
• Experience leading engineers through coaching, mentoring, and performance conversations, with previous people management experience preferred.
• Strong technical credibility, with the ability and willingness to contribute code, review designs, and guide implementation details.
• Experience balancing people leadership, technical decision-making, and delivery management in a modern software engineering environment.
• Interest in solving complex problems that help keep people safe.
• A collaborative leadership style, with a focus on building team capability, ownership, and accountability.
• Experience working in large code-base products or enterprise-grade software, with an appreciation for quality, maintainability, and operational excellence.
• Experience with cloud platforms, with AWS experience being preferred.

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